Memphis & Charleston Railroad v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This action was brought by the State of Alabama, for the use of Jackson County, in a court of that State, against a railroad corporation whose road passed through that State and county, to recover the amount of a county tax assessed upon its property. It was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama, upon the ■petition of the corporation, alleging that it was a citizen of the State of Tennessee and the plaintiff was a citizen of A! - bama. Upon the motion of the plaintiff, and the introduction in evidence of the acts of the legislatures of…
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